It was a day off today.
Aubree rubbed her temples and got up from bed. It wasn’t until her phone calendar alert reminded her that she remembered. It was her birthday today.
With yzy’sunch these past few days and her schoolwork piling up, she’d been running like a spinning top. She’dpletely forgotten about her birthday.
Aubree had never expected much from birthdays. Back at the orphanage, birthdays were a luxury no one dared to hope for Later, after returning to the Wilson family, every birthday was celebrated with Carmen. Carmen was the star of the show, and Aubree was nothing,
It didn’t matter to Aubree. No one cared anyway.
With a self–mocking smile, Aubree got up to wash up, nning to review Odiondian in the morning and then visit the club.
The annual finals were about to start next week. If they could take the championship again, God’s Fury would officially enter the public eye.
Around noon, Aubree went to the club. At that time, everyone was just waking up one after another.
She looked around and didn’t see Alvin or Matilda.
Given the uing match, the two should’ve been here for joint training whenever they had time. She hadn’t heard they were busy either.
Feeling puzzled, Aubree happened to see Leroying downstairs. “Alvin and Matilda didn’te<b>?</b><b>” </b>
Seeing it was her, Leroy looked flustered for a second, then quicklyposed himself and looked around evasively. “Not sure. Maybe they had something to do.”
Aubree narrowed her eyes. She thought they had something to hide from her.
Unable to guess what they might be up to, she didn’t press further. “Got it/<b>I </b>came to check on your training progress.”
Once it came to business, Leroy looked confident. “Don’t worry. We’ll definitely bring you back a trophy. The new midner is strong. We’re syncing up
well.”
“Don’t forget to chill the champagne early.” Seeing everyone in good form, Aubree gave the new midner some pointers on finer techniques and then
left.
Compared to Aubree’s usual routine, today was an extremely different day for the Wilson family.
Their beloved youngest daughter was turning eighteen.
Alice called back all four older brothers, even Ronald wasn’t spared.
The Wilson family hosted today’s event. Though Bryan was reluctant, for the family’s reputation, they had to keep up appearances.
Daxton didn’t need to be reminded. He had finished all hisb work early so he could spend the day with his beloved little sister.
Trevor was still filming but had already said he’d return early.
Emery, on the other hand, showed his displeasure openly. These days, he didn’t even want to <b>go </b>home. He w
apartment.
to stay at the club or in his own
When Alice told him toe home for Carmen’s birthday, the first thing he said when he arrived was, “<b>Aubree’s </b><b>not </bing?”
He didn’t even try to hide his attitude, nearly driving Alice into a rage.
Emery was adamant. “If Aubree’s noting for the
birthday, then I won’t stay here”
“Alright. Today is Carmen’s birthday, don’t stir trouble, Rx, Aubree wille back.” Ronald stepped in to calm things down Eyes at this point, bren firmly believed Aubree wouldn’t abandon the Wilson family.
He had made his intentions clear, given Aubree the Wilson family name she always wanted. She was bound toe back.
“Honey, did you prepare the custom dress I asked for Aubree? I had Wendy waiting at the gate. Once she sees Aubreg, she’s to take her straight to get her hair and makeup done.” Ronald was so confident that when inviting guests, he said it was a joint birthday celebration for both daughters.
When he brought up the dress, Alice turned her eyes away guiltily. “Yes, it’s ready.”
Alice never nned to follow his instructions and give Carmen’s dress to Aubree. Nothing of Carmen’s should be taken by Aufree.
Her n was to prepare any random dress, but Daxton told her that since everyone was focused on Carmen’s birthday<i>, </i>no one would notice if something went wrong with Aubree’s dress. But if anything did go wrong, the Wilson family would lose face.
Since Aubree and Carmen had simr builds, they could just give Aubree one of Carmen’s old dresses. That would be safer and less of a hassle
Alice went with the idea. So in reality, no new dress was ever prepared for Aubree.
Ronald didn’t notice her guilty look and assumed everything had been properly arranged.
“Alright, Emery. If you’ve got nothing else to do, go rest in your room.” His tone had a hint of warning.
Recently, there were online rumors of discord within the Wilson family, which affected thepany’s shares. Everyone had to be present at tonight’s party, no exceptions.
Emery was annoyed but could only grumble, “Got it.”
A bitter, Trevor came back.
Their mom was upstairs with Carmen doing her makeup, and Emery wasn’t home. Their dad was contacting guests.
Only Bryan and Daxton were handling the party preparations.
Seeing him return, Bryan greeted him. “Trevor, you’re back. Busy with filmingtely?”
Trevor replied, “It’s been okay. Of course, I made time toe home for my sister’s birthday.”
Then, Daxton chimed in with a mood–killing remark. “The question is, which sister are you here for?”
Trevor smiled diplomatically. “You know who.”
He yed it safe. Then he mentioned how Aubree had visited his filming set recently.
Trevor said, “The female lead, Sylvia, said Aubree came to discuss some live–stream coboration, but I don’t think Aubree is capable of something like
that.”
He’d been too busy with filmingtely and hadn’t kept up with the news. He didn’t know that yzy had alreadyunched and gone viral. Even <b>when </b>he saw some headlines, he never made the connection to Aubree.
Daxton was even more clueless. He’d been sacrificing sleep to make time for Carmen’s birthday prep.
He gave the same opinion as Trevor had before.
Daxton said, “She wasn’t there to talk business. She was just trying to get close to you. Don’t fall for it. Aubree’s always scheming.”
Trevor nodded. “That’s what I thought too. She never came back after those two days.”
“Probably saw you didn’t fall for her and gave up.” Daxton folded his arms with a cold sreer.
Just then, Wendy came rushing in, looking flustered. Daxton frowned. “Wendy, what are you panicking for? Didn’t bad tell you to <b>wait </b>for fuhr <b>z </b>
Wendy replied, “Mr. Daxton Wilson, that’s exactly why I’m looking for Mr. Ronald Wilson.”
‘What did she mean?‘ Daxton nced toward the door. ‘Did Aubree arrive?”
He said, “So what if she did? Why all the fuss?”
“No…” Wendy became more anxious. She had seen how Ronald was dead set on Aubreeing today. But as someone who’d observed <b>everything </b>over the years, she knew very well what kind of life Aubree had in this household.
Seeing that Aubree still hadn’t shown up, Wendy sent a message to check in. Aubree never even intended toe back.
Wendy couldn’t wait any longer. It would upset Ronald and ultimately hurt his reputation.
“Miss Miller won’te back here!” Wendy blurted it out and rushed off to find Ronald, leaving Daxton dumbfounded.
Bryan’s expression turned thoughtful. He looked at Trevor. “Trevor, is Aubree’spany called Bree Technology?”
Unlike the other two, Bryan had been paying attention. With how viral yzy had be, he’d already started looking into it.
Now, hearing what Trevor said, he had a hunch. “I think that’s the name.”
Bryan replied, “Then Aubree probably didn’te to look for <i>you </i>after all.”
He continued, “Recently, a new live–stream app called yzyunched. It shot to the top of app stores overnight. And ording to financial estimates, thepany’s revenue in just a few days has conservatively exceeded 30 million dors.”
Trevor’s eyes widened in disbelief. He couldn’t imagine those numbers having anything to do with Aubree.
Daxton was equally shocked.
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